Hi,

If I have a filehandle, how can I get at the filename? What I really want it to do is give me the name when I treat is as a string, like a CGI upload filehandle. I don't seem to be able to find anything about this from google, but I'm not really sure what I should be looking for. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks, Cxx

just found this via google: > Is there a way to get the filename from an open filehandle >that has been passed to another package? No. There may not even *be* a filename.

So can I amend my question: I'm trying to test some code that would normally take an uploaded (CGI) filehandle and use it's file extension to guess if it's an archive and unpack it appropriately. I want to be able to test it directly, so how do I create an object that mimics the behaviour of cgi filehandles?

Thanks again.

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